Generalized continuum mechanics and engineering applications / Angela Madeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madeo, Angela, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Continuum mechanics.

Mechanics, Applied.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : ISTE Press : Elsevier, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The new concept of metamaterial is increasingly attracting the interest of physicists and mechanical engineers.Such materials are obtained by suitably assembling multiple individual elements but usually arranged in (quasi-)periodic substructures in order to show exotic global mechanical properties.

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Generalized Continuum Mechanics and Engineering Applications""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: General Introductory Aspects""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Generalized Continuum Theories and Some Possible Applications""; ""1.3. Woven Fibrous Composite Reinforcements""; ""1.4. Wave Propagation in Metamaterials""; ""1.5. Reconstructed Bone Remodeling""; ""1.6. Microstructure-Driven Energy Dissipation in Concrete""; ""Chapter 2: Fibrous Composite Reinforcements""

""2.1. Woven Fibrous Composite Reinforcements Modeled as Second Gradient Materials""""2.2. Kinematics""; ""2.3. Second Gradient Energy Density for 3D Interlocks""; ""2.4. Constitutive Choice for the First Gradient Energy""; ""2.5. Constitutive Choice for the Second Gradient Energy""; ""2.6. Least Action Principle and Principle of Virtual Powers""; ""2.7. Numerical Simulations for Three Point Bending of Composite Interlocks""; ""2.8. Bias Extension Test""; ""2.9. Numerical Simulations""; ""Chapter 3: Wave Propagation in Generalized Continua""

""3.1. Band Gaps in the Relaxed Micromorphic Continuum""""3.2. Reflection and Transmission of Waves at Discontinuity Surfaces Insecond Gradient Continua""; ""3.3. Conclusions""; ""Chapter 4: Remodeling of Bone Reconstructed with Bio-resorbable Materials""; ""4.1. Generalized Continuum Theories for Bone Remodeling in the Presence or Absence of Biomaterial""; ""4.2. A Continuum Two-Solid Mixture Model for Reconstructed Bone Remodeling""; ""4.3. A Simple One-Dimensional, Linearized, Isotropic Problem""; ""4.4. Numerical Simulations""; ""4.5. Conclusions""

""Chapter 5: Energy Dissipation in Modified and Unmodified Concrete""""5.1. A Simple Generalized Continuum Model for Microstructure-Related Friction""; ""5.2. Numerical Simulations: Specimen in Pure Compression""; ""5.3. Conclusions""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 19, 2015).

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ISBN:

1-78548-032-4

0-08-100467-2

OCLC:

927438024